My Experience

[besaangel 17]

So our appt time was to be at 11:05 am but dealing with my rush, rush hubby, we got to Philly at 9:45 and had to kill some time til at least 10:15. We entered and went through the security scan (joked a lil with one of the guards- she was a sweety) and made our way up to the waiting room on the 3rd floor. Of course there were no clocks so we didn’t have a clue how long we were waiting but the room was ¾ filled with AOS, ROC and Naturalization people. I walked to the front desk and handed the lady behind the glass window my interview letter and was told to have a seat and wait to be called.

At least 3-4 couples were, in my opinion, given the Stokes interview as the IO sent one spouse back to the waiting room while they interrogated the other spouse. Funny thing is, the ones who were given such treatments, had attorneys present while the others who didnt, including us, were never separated. We were the last to be called in before lunch (so to speak) at about 1. We were interviewed by an Asian lady, Ms. Cho. She was very polite yet got straight to the point since they were obviously runnin behind schedule.

The first thing she did was take my passport, rip put the I-94 and ask for my I-20. She asked us if there were anything we wanted to add to the file and even though I had an enormous amount of stuff, I just let her look through our photo albums, joint bank accounts, lease, benefits enrollment form and pics (of which, only the photo albums were new evidence cuz she didn’t ask for any of our insurance cards since we already submitted info regarding the enrollment). She then went straight into questioning us.

Hubby’s questions

1. She spent a good 5 mins doing so and started to inquire about who went to the wedding (12). (Hubby named every single person but ticked me off by telling her how his mom didn’t approve even though she didn’t ask him all that lol)

2. When did we get married?

3. Where was it held?

4. What we did afterwards?

5. When did we start going out?

6. Where did we go on dates?

7. How long was it before we decided to get married?

8. Asked hubby visa am I on?

9. Where I lived in Detroit? (too many places so she by-passed it

10. What school I attend, and what school I got my degree from?

11. What is my major here and in my degree?

12. When was I last enrolled?

My questions

1. When and how did we meet?- Then if we still went to that church.

2. What did/do we have in common?

3. How often did we see each other during school?

4. What activities did we do when I visited?

5. Where hubby works?

6. How many times I visited the US? Too many to count

7. When did I enter on my student visa?

8. Has he ever taken time off to come to Detroit?

9. When did he visit and what did we do?

10. Oddly, will I go back to school in august?

11. What was our first movie? (too long ago) so she asked what was our last movie together? Made small talk as to her wanting to know about it.

12. Then asked about the I-130 questions

Both

1. And if we’re married?

2. Then, asked us to verify our own and each others’ Age, Job, Name, Address.

3. Have we met each other's families? Who?

4. What do we know about each other’s parents? Age, Job, Name, Address

5. Did we go on dates during our relationship? Where?

6. What do I want to do as a career?

After that, she asked, again, if I wanted in include anything. I gave her the most recent 3 pay stubs and employment letters from both jobs and to make a copy of my I-20. She made references to things like receipts and the joint accounts we have cuz, she wasnt really asking, it was more like, "I see you guys have a joint account together" and I repeated that we have two, then she asked when I added him to mine or something like that, since she thought it was one account but its two with BOA. I explained to her the difference in account name (mines a Phi Theta Kappa Campus Edge account and his is a regular Campus Edge). And so she asked cuz she wanted to clarify her mistake.

She then said thanks for coming in and that we’ll get the letter in about 30 days as they have cut down on giving out stamps (even though she said sorry and we‘ll have to wait to take hubby to JA). She asked us to stay in the wait room until she made copies and when she came out, I told her about my EAD touches and said if I get it I coud use it but I might get my GC before that.

God is good.

[Jo & Danny 0]

Congraulations! I am so happy for you

[besaangel 17]

Thanks hon

[Nartaki 7]

Congrats. I hope you get your card production emails soon!

I am so nervous about the interview, with the detailed questions being asked. Atleast I wont be walking into the interview nonchalantly.

[besaangel 17]

Yup... I put a link in the April filers for revision

[Alex W 6]

CONGRATULATIONS.........